Join us on April 28th as the Sustainability Practice Network and Baruch College’s Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity convene a panel to define the factors that contribute to the pay disparity and identify solutions that can bridge the gap.

This daylong conference serves as a forum for interaction between business and accounting executives and policy setters from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Accounting Standards Board.

On Tuesday, March 10, Baruch College hosted a CEO Trust event at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. At the event, titled “Utopian Dreams: Early Experiments in Corporate Social Responsibility,” speaker Marc Hodak talked about the history of utopian experiments in 19th and 20th century America and the impact these experiments have had on the corporate American landscape.
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A recent disparagement with short-selling investors has forced Lumber Liquidators to defend the quality of its inventory, as well as the integrity of the company. On, March 1, 60 Minutes, the investigative news program, attacked Lumber Liquidators. It claimed the company was selling laminate flooring with formaldehyde levels exceeding regulations set by the California Air Resources Board.
The telecast featured Whitney Tilson, founder and managing partner of Kase Capital management, who accused the company of poor business practices. Lumber Liquidators’ stock has performed well in the New York Stock Exchange, with its highest value in November 2013. Tilson brought the claim against Lumber Liquidators to 60 Minutes, which then decided to air the report.
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